I’m not in a position to…“I had to wait on my supervisor to come in because I’m not in a position to tell the girls on the production floor what to do.”
So whenever you find yourself in a situation when you can’t take action, provide information or voice your opinion because you’re restricted by your position in an organization, you’re not competent enough to do it or you don’t want to jump to rash conclusions, you can use this smart and handy phrase – “I’m not in a position to…”
Such is the complexity of the issue, that…
You can begin a sentence with this phrase if you want to describe how difficult is the issue at hand. “Such is the complexity of the issue, that I can’t think of a single strategy to solve the problem.”
You can rest assured that…
… is a more formal way of saying “don’t worry; I’ll take care of it”. you can use this phrase if a customer voices concerns of some sort. “Last time the technician arrived ten minutes past two and I had already left. Can you make sure he’s not late this time?” “I’m sorry to hear you had to spend another weekend without broadband; this time I’ll leave specific instructions to the technician and you can rest assured that he’s going to stick to the specific hours.”
Just compare these two sentences – “Don’t worry, we’ll figure out a way to make it happen” and “Please rest assured that we’ll find the best possible solution”. You have to agree that the second sentence rings with authority and will give the customer a peace of mind while the first one might not completely calm them down.
To put things in perspective
In some way, shape, or form
“We’ll have to come up with a new product packaging solution which in some way, shape or form would represent our company’s core values.”Speaking in terms of…
“If we look at how efficient the production process is it’s rather obvious there’s lot of improvement to be made” and “Speaking in terms of efficiency of the production process, it’s rather obvious there’s lot of improvement to be made”.
Given the importance of…
“Given the importance of the mounting personal debt levels nationwide, I propose to put more restrictions on the personal loan application process in our bank.”Due to unforeseen circumstances
– “The show has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances; we’ll reveal more details in the next news update.”Given the right circumstances OR given the right conditions
This phrase is used to state, for example, that certain things are likely to happen or that you would do something if certain conditions are met.“Given the right circumstances, I could overcome my fear of heights.”
Irrespective of the results
Use this phrase to emphasize that certain things would or should happen no matter what the outcome is. “You should abstain from using alcohol irrespective of the pregnancy test results – just in case the test is faulty.”
To draw parallels between
This is figurative way of saying that you find similarities between certain things or events, for example an event from the past and something that’s happening right now. “I think we can draw parallels between current financial crisis and the one preceding the Big Depression in the beginning of the 20th century.”
All things being equal
… simply means that your statement is true if everything happens as expected. “I should make it back to LA by Thursday, all things being equal.”You can also use this phrase when comparing something to stress that your statement is true if other circumstances remain the same –“Unfortunately natural athletes will lose to drug enhanced athletes nine times out of ten, all other things being equal.”
The bottom line is
This is a very handy phrase you can use when ending a conversation or a presentation and you want to make one last statement to conclude all that was said previously. “So, the bottom line is – irrespective of the variety of different research results we looked at, you should not consume any amount of alcohol before driving!”
Refrence http://englishharmony.com/smart-english-phrases/
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